The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-06-02

taken oy the MEssEyGER in regard
thereto, and our announcement asa
candidate for reelection TO the
Legislature. have been ,he means Of
increasing considerably our cor1e
spondence as we'll as our subscrip
ton list. Atthe risk Of being
cusad Of self laudation we produce
below extracts from a few Of the
many letters We have recently ro
ceivod from various portions Of tbe
State.
A friend writing from Heide'.
burg, Miss, requesting as to send
specimen copies Of the MEssENofF
to certain gentlemen, says "The
above mentioned, Mr.. B., has go.
ten a copy or two of the MEssES
CIR from me and says be feels that
he for one, would vote for you for
+ Governor regardless Of party re-
straints. ] want 10 see YOU in that
position ere many years roi!
around"
A brother member Of the last
Legislature from south Mississip-
pi county, writes as follows: Il
have been thinking ever since I
left Jackson, that I would wri
you a letter and will defer itho-
longer. lwant to say to you tha.
no manin the last Legislature made
as enviablea reputation as -yuur
self so far as our county is con-
eorned. Your communications
[ the press during the session Were
the means of bringing you prom
nently before our people and 90
nan has been as much discussed
ard talked of as Frank BurkiI.
Ifyou are ever candidate mi
Governor or any other Office r
which people can take q part
You may count on them"
a gentleman, who is persona
a stranger to us, writes from I.s
county "Seud me weekly Mrs
sEyaER to value of money sent
Seeing extracts taken from your
paper published in ether journal
and also that noble letter to Mr.
Gambrell, en- the death of her sou
impressed me so, can no longey
90 without your paper. It has
the right ring in its battle tor truth
and honest government and its op
position to the few ruling over ttd
many to msnopolies and higt
schools that are absorbing thepco-
ple's money"
An intelligent old farmer n
/ Newton county writes Il will be
obliged to yon for copy of"Wooii
Hat," as am taking some inter-
est in political matters this year
Please let me know how | stand
with the MESSENGER, | am hard mp
but want the paper as | consider i
one Of the ablest and best trieut
the farmers have"
One of the ablest members ofthc
Legislature Of 1886, whose county
ia on the proposed line Of the G.. a
S. !. railroad, writes 81 see from
the MESSENGER that you are before
the people for reelection. don't
think your course is a wise one. IN
so far as your personal interests
are concerned, but think from my
; knowledge of your course in the
last Legislature, that the peopla Of
Chickasaw could not send bettol
man to represent them and the tax
payers Of the State than yourself
! DO not endorse all you say or do,
! yet with all your short comings
you are possessed of many Of the
qualities, so essential to a true rep
resentative of the taxpayers n
Mississippi at this time. ]
hope You viii be in the next Leg
islature, and l speak sincerely
! when l say you did more in the last
Legislature TO open the eyes ofthe
people Of the State to the rcai
wrongs perpetrated than any man
in that body. Look out The
Lowry crowd will try to beat you
before the people by all manner
OF lies. They will send emissarios
in the shape of r. R. men, and tell
the people, that ifyou are reelected
all hope Of the completion of the
@. & S. 7. r. r. will vanish, when ]
know you to be a true friend of thc
,oo,,la and vxiah fhefn to have "a